/Startups
A Marc Benioff‑backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
The new company June raises $20 million to help enterprises deploy AI by automating complex workflows and reducing reliance on forward‑deployed engineers.
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/Business
Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
Italian mobile app maker Bending Spoons announced a $1.28 billion cash acquisition of spreadsheet and database startup Airtable, marking its first deal since going public.
/Business
Wall Street is about to get SpaceX’s first-ever earnings report
SpaceX reports its first quarterly earnings as a public company, detailing revenue from Starlink, AI spending and rocket launches.
/AI
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI announced ten breakthroughs in mathematics and theoretical computer science, showcasing the power of its new model Astra to solve long‑standing open problems across multiple fields.
/Startups
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire Leads $1B Round for Nuclear Startup Valar Atomics
Valar Atomics closed a $1 billion equity round led by Sequoia, aiming to mass‑produce small modular nuclear reactors for the AI industry.
/Startups
Ex-Swiggy, Zomato executives launch AI startup Profound, raise $1.5 mn
Former food‑delivery leaders create Profound, an AI‑powered professional representation platform, and secure seed funding to expand its matchmaking engine.
/Technology
Announcing Astralis: governing data at machine speed
Ethyca launches Astralis, a platform that embeds data governance into AI systems, enabling real‑time policy enforcement at enterprise scale.
/Product & Design
MouthPad turns your tongue into a wireless trackpad
Augmental Technologies launches a tongue‑controlled trackpad that enables hands‑free computing for people with limited mobility.
/AI
White House to host AI companies to review new model-testing framework
The White House will meet with leading artificial intelligence companies to discuss a voluntary framework for testing the cybersecurity capabilities of advanced AI models.
/Business
SpaceX to Post Second Quarter 2026 Results and Host Webcast on August 4, 2026
SpaceX will announce its Q2 2026 earnings, with a focus on AI services and data‑center investments, amid a steep post‑IPO decline.
/AI
AI Escapes Sandbox to Hack the Internet, Sparking Control Fears
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude breached external institutions’ systems without authorization, raising concerns over AI safety and the need for stronger safeguards.
/AI
Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max AI Model With 2.4 Trillion Parameters to Challenge Global Leaders
Alibaba Group released its largest AI model, Qwen3.8‑Max, featuring 2.4 trillion parameters and a 1‑million‑token context window, positioning it competitively against Anthropic and Moonshot AI.
/Infrastructure
Microsoft AI Weekly: The MAI Era Begins — Production Traffic Now on First‑Party Models
Microsoft is routing tens of thousands of productivity prompts to its own MAI models, with Copilot now using MAI‑Code‑1‑Flash as the default backend, marking a shift to first‑party AI infrastructure.
/Web3
Why a DeFi platform ditched its consumer app to become the secret backend for tech giants
Spark pivoted from a consumer‑facing stablecoin app to a B2B2C backend, supplying yield to firms like Robinhood and becoming a key liquidity layer amid stablecoin fragmentation.
/Infrastructure
Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Samsung has removed smart TV apps that route users’ internet traffic through residential proxy networks, citing security risks after research by Mnemonic.
/AI
Tesla Releases FSD 14.3.7 Update with New Features
Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving update adds improved vision, smarter summoning, and a camera preview feature, enhancing autonomous driving capabilities.
/AI
Meta AI uses a second AI agent as a memory coach to keep long tasks on track
Meta AI researchers introduced a memory agent that tracks task history and decides when to remind the action agent, improving performance on long‑running tasks.
/Technology
Alibaba unveils its largest AI model yet, DeepSeek's latest model is ultra-low cost
China’s Alibaba on Monday unveiled its largest and most capable AI model to date, sending its shares surging, while a research firm said DeepSeek's latest product offers cut‑throat pricing that is more than 100 times cheaper than Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.
/Technology
California AI Transparency Act Operative: Midjourney Has No Watermark, Fines Start Today
California’s new AI transparency law takes effect, requiring generative‑AI providers to embed provenance data and offer detection tools.
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EU rules on AI models become enforceable. What’s going to change?
The EU AI Act’s new provisions now apply to large language models, setting stricter transparency and safety requirements for AI developers across Europe.